Algeria part ways with coach Rabah Madjer

The Algeria Football Federation begins the search for a new coach after parting ways with Rabah Madjer and his team, who were in charge for just eight months.

Ghana businessman turns waste plastic into profit

A Ghana businessman is turning waste plastic into a business opportunity.

Kenya’s ‘rapper priest’ suspended by Catholic Church

Father "Sweet Paul" Ogallo is banned from giving public mass and told to pick between his two passions.

Nigerian music star D’banj’s son drowns at home

D'banj was in Los Angeles attending the BET awards ceremony when his son died in a swimming pool.

Late Argentine goal knocks Nigeria out

Marcos Rojo's brilliant late volley sends Argentina through to the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup with a dramatic victory over Nigeria.

Mohamed Salah: Why World Cup will miss Egypt star

With Egypt out of the World Cup, BBC Sport looks at why their star forward Mohamed Salah will be missed.

Burning Cameroon: Images you’re not meant to see

BBC Africa Eye analyses clips from social media showing violence and torture amid a separatist rebellion.

Noura Hussein: ‘Hoping for a miracle to stop our daughter being hanged’

The parents of Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein speak for the first time about her alleged rape and death sentence.

Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and herders leave 86 dead

Violence breaks out between farmers and Fulani cattle herders in central Plateau state.

Witnessing Cameroon’s descent towards civil war

BBC Africa Eye analyses clips from social media showing violence and torture amid a separatist rebellion.